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The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-03-24

The many friends of Ex-Governor
Hugh 8. Thompson will be highly
pleased, but not surprised, to learn
shat he has become most efficient in
Washington as assistant secretary of
Che treasury.
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How to Secure Good Reading.


Some years ago when I had the
personal superintendence of large
schools, a plan was adopted for teach
ing reading which proved very sue
ccssful. When the teacher took the
more advanced classes in school for a
reading lesson, he was not allowed
to have any book in his hand. The
children were told that they must,
each of them, read the passage which
came to their turn in such manner
as to be perfectly audible to the
teacher; and with such infection as
to convey the sense of the passage.
When any child failed to make the
children hear, he had to repeat the
passage again and again till he sue
ceeded in making himself heard. In
the same manner with respect to the
meaning of the passage read, if
child failed in the first instance to
convey the meaning, he was made to
trv once more; if he failed q second
time, the teacher was told to call for q
child who could give the meaning,
and 80 the process went on till the
meaning was correctly conveyed
This system WAS the means of excit-o
ing great deal of emulation, and
bringing out the intelligence of the
pupils. They were all eager 20 show
how well they understood the passage
before them. AS q proof of the sue
cess OF the system am speaking of,
our first class went to Exeter to take
part in a reading competition, and
carried off all the reading prizes.
their reading attracted considerable
attention, and the judges were eager
to know wher' the boys had been
trained. mustadd that for the sue
cess of the system the school must be
kept quiet,-only one class being al
lowed Mt the same time to have a read
ing lesson..-tSelected.
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Any one sending two new cub.
scrlbers accompanied by She, cash
viii be entitled to ono copy of the
Nursery and Orchard, tie best book
that has eyersbeen written on the sub.
yeot, and we'll worth tllrss dolLlrs
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COttOnades and Jeans,

One days steady walk, at the prop
er time, between pair of my Plow
handles will go farther towards get
ting up real good old fashioned
dinner (corn dumplings and turnip
green's, for instance) than a weeks
hard tramp with a shot gun, and
will make a mans appetite and
credit n heap better.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-03-24
Spring Clothing,

It is astonishing how some men
will strain to pay for guano, and
when the bread and meat bill becomes
due ask me what I am "going to do
about it,"
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The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-03-24

The rosie il the coveted prize To
be won al shc spelling bees in the Ii
atit.lta
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Low Cut Shoes.

This Almanac has been so often
imposed upon by the "Artful Dodger"
that he need not apply here for cred
it any more without proper vouchers;
and if honest well meaning strangers
are refused, they need not attrib .te it
any fault of mine, but to "profession-
ais" who always have me to lift with
the "short end of the polo"
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Julu like to be

90 '.hn tOuiu like to be
~".... ....~c. IN history as the peace
"a, hero who presided ever the golden
age.
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LOST

Si%ht e the parties who can sell Grave
- Stones cheaper than we can. We sci
No, l. Material; We do good work, ant
we ~ 80 to give satisfaction. Our pri
ces run from three dollars up. We hay,
on hand and to arrive Large Stock OF
Grave Stones. All work delivered at tn,
grave. Satisfaction givon Mr.. H.H
Owen can be found In charge of thu
Marble Yard readyt' We all who may
call upon him. GiHe trial and bI
j. y. SMITH So Co.
Liberty, s. G. Oct. Id. SO.
Oct. 21, 1886 4 e.
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Upon his retirement Secretary NAV
ming said there was m""' @t J. IT,"
TREASURY ~ = >,H:ys 5I.n
49,, .'t .r.y ..F gr..
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See MY Straw Hats,

One of my Axes properly used
around a pile of stove wood, will give
an able bodied man as much exer-
else, and display as much skill and
ingenuity, as Croquet Mallet, and
will never have to ego dead" on q
"friend in need"
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-03-24

THIS GOOD Old STANDsBY
aooomplisheB for everybody exactly what is claimed
forit One Of tho reasons Tor tho great popularity OF
the Mustang Idniment 70 found in its universaA
applicability. Everybody needs such medicine
The Luusberman needs it In case OF accident
The Housewife needs It for seneralramiy @ uso'
The CnnnIer needs It for his teams and ms men %
The Mechanic needs 1t always On ms WSiN
Lench. Hy h." r.
THE Miner needs it in case OF emergency.
Trbo Pleneer needs It--can't get along withous IL
rho Farmer needs st In his house, his staoiefi
and his stock yard. ..,.
The Steamboat usnn or fhe 9ot''"''1" 'to'Uo
Elm liberal supply afioAt and ashore' .
The Horsesfnnci9P needs it--it IS nus oe'S
friend and safest reliance.
sT,I,a gtook.aroyyer needs it--it VIII save him
tbonsands OF dollars and q world of trouble
r,ka tsaSiron 4 man Eseda It and wlllhoed II so
tono al hts life Is round OF accidents and rangers.
5gshe BRelsw0o odsmRn needsi IL. There is moth
tng Ifxe t as an antidote for the dangers to life,
itr,b and comfort which surround the pioneer.
Tbs RIeFchant needs fs about his store among
his employees Accidents win happen, aud when
there como the Mustang Imminent is wanted at oAca
Keep y Bottle I'm the House, 'Tis tho besto:
economy.
Keep "A Bottle in tho Factory. Itsimmediate
use In case OF accident pain aud loss OF wages
Keep "a BSttlo Aiways In tho SJRbie for
Ras whon wanted
Jan ~. 1887. Nv
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MI A R OH.
'Now Lettuce have Peas" "

One pint of my Onion Buttons and
Garden Seed with the proper use of
one of my Hoes, will do more in one
week towards an early mess of vegeta-
bles, than two dozen leather buttons
on q check board will do in a. month
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-04-09
Women as Carpet-Buyers.

"There is vast difference between
men and women as carpet-buyers,"
said the manager of Il store; "men will
buy about the second or third pattern
they look at. The average is the third,
/ guess, though good many take the
very first thing they come to. AS Il
rule man likes almost any carpet in
the stock, so there's good deal of red
in it, and after he finds the rcd he is
not particular about the other tnts or
the pattern, But it is not so with a
woman. Not one woman out of fifty
will make selection before she has
looked at a dozen patterns and from
that up into the hundreds. The clerks
sometimes keep count of the number
OF pieces shown, and the highest num-
ber they ever reported showing one
customer was 434, She was two or
three days at it, and the joke was that
after she had paid for the carpet and
received 1t at her home she changed
her mind, hailed the driver, and asked
to have the goods taken back to the
store for exchange. "-Chicago Herald.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-04-09
An "Outrage" at Home.

About the same time that the Repub-
licans of Ohio were rejoicing over the
fact that, after having controlled
the State most of the time since sla-
very was abolished, they had finally
wiped from the statute-book the last of
the "black laws" the Massachusetts
Legislature received petition from
certain colored citizens for the redress
OF II grievance so extraordinary in it's
character as to challenge National at
tention. Twenty years ago the col
ored Methodists Of Springfield secured
an old building for their church and
moved it upon lot just large enough
to hold it. Tho property on either side
was owned by man who did not like
his new neighbors, and he built d tight
board fence close to the church on each
side, which he painted black. As the
fence rose above the windows, its black
ness shut out the light of day so effectu-
ally that candles or lamps had to be used
at every service. The performance at
tracted some attention at the time, but
as the man who built the fence was a
good Republican, and the Republican
party OF Massachusetts was then fully
occupied in looking after outrages
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-04-09
PRESS PARAGRAPHS.

Blaine is evidently sinking
ship. Wharton Barker, of Pennsyl-
vania, has deserted him, and it is said
the clan Cameron of the same State has
followed suit, and will sound the slo-
gan for Sherman. Detroit Free Press.
Death has removed several
stumbling blocks from the path OF
James G. Blaine. Mr.. Arthur's influ-
ence in New York would have been
against him. General Logan would
have been formidable rival. Beech.
er's eloquence would have been found
on the other side. and even Eben F.
Pillsbury, who has just died, was foe
who was not to be despised. Still
there are few people left who will de-
mur when the magnetic man assumes to
take the lead again. Chicago Herald.
The river and harbor bill which
died in the Presidents hand this year
was monster in some respects. AS it
came from the House of Representa-
tives it appropriated $7,0OO,OOO for
what seemed like judicious improve
mcnt of the rivers, coasts and har-
bors. But in the hands of the Senate
the measure was recast, the amounts
appropriated largely increased, and a
large number of them introduced that
looked wonderfully like big jobs. In
this shape it was completed and in
this shape it died. .-Harrisburg Patriot.
The importantly of otlice-seekers
and their friends has always been q
nuisance, but now that it has become
concentrated upon few men, such as
the Commissioners of Patents, the Com
missioner of Agriculture, and the Chief
OF the Bureau of Printing and Engrav-
ing, who are unable to hide behind the
Civil-Service act, it is cause of irrita-
ton so intolerablc rs to drive from or
keep out of the service any one who
wishes to discharge his duties faith
fully and at the same time to live in
peace with his fellow men.--M. y
Post.
-Conkling and his stalwart fol-
lowing, so it is limited, will not sup
port Sherman If he is the Republican
Presidential nominee. The stalwart
ring of the Republican party is q
recognized power in New York poll
tics, though not so effective in the way
of furnishing n political enemy as the
Mugwump, for the reason that the
Mugwump Is more independent and
less loyal to party. With the stall
warts against Sherman, the Mug
wumps against Blaine, the Jay Goulds
against Gresham, the Republicans will.
be put 10 their trumps to make re-
specialize nomination. - Des Noines
Leader.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-04-09
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

An excellent carbon for electrical
purposes is now obtained from sea-
weed.
An Australian has invented an elec-
trical machine-gun which he claims is
capable of firing 100 rounds every few
seconds, from any position and in any
direction.
The discovery of network of So
called canals on the planet Mars by
Schiaparelli several years ago. has been
confirmed this year by observers both
in England and Italy.
"A button which works on the prin-
ciple of a cork-screw is the last novelty
out. and the patentee was offered $685.
900 for his rights the moment he had
the first button opt.--Detroh Free Press.
Wilmington, Vt, is nearly in the
center of the largest maple sugar max
ing section in the world. The largest
maker there ships ten thousand gallons
of sirup yearly, and the business is
growing fast.
Reports from many places show that
the electric railway is no longer an ex-
pertinent, but fact. 1t will be long
time before we travel like lightning, but
to travel by lightning will soon be prac-
tice on many New England street
railway.
The winter packing in the West
last year was 1900, 900 hogs; the average
for the past five years is 100000; for
the preceding period of five years,
$3.50, 900. and for ten years, $500, 900.
the latter number corresponding with
last winters total.
The new Reitz alloy, the patented
production of a German chemist, is q
bronze for which remarkable durability
and resistance to all acids are claimed,
prolonged exposure to concentrated
muriatic acid having caused less than
half the loss sustained by any other alloy,
and other tests having been equally sue
cessful.
On the Transcaspian railroad. in
Russia. it is claimed that saving of
$500 per mile is effected by the use of
mineral wax, or ozokerite, for ties.
When purified. melted and mixed with
limestone and gravel, the ozokeritc,
which is abundant in the vicinity of the
railroad, produces good asphalt. This
is pressed into shape in boxes, and gives
ties which retain their form and hard
ness even in the hottest weather
"A steam engine that runs the cleo
tric light system in the works of the
Portland. (Me.) Stoneware Company is
built on an entirely new principle. 1t
has no piston rod. and is surprisingly
compact. the one at the pottery occupy
ing aspace 16x19 inches. eighteen inches
in height, yetlit does with ease the or
dinary work of Il ten-horse power en-
ginc of the old pattern. The cost of
construction is estimated to be about
one-third less than that of an ordinary
horizontal or upright engine.-Boston
Budget.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-04-09

upon the negroes in the South, nothing
was ever done about 1t, and the unfor-
tunate negroes of Springfield waited for
the fence to rot and fall But since the
Democrats came into power ut WASH
ington they appear to have plucked up
courage, and they have appealed with
success to the present Legislature for
an act which will end this abuse,
planned and committed by a Rcpub-
lican, who in the meantime has been
elected to Office repeatedly by the
party which claimed 60 be tho especial
friend of the negro. The revelation of
such an outrage upon negroes by q
Republican in n city of his own State
at the very time that he was fretting
himself over an alleged outrage by
Democrats upon negroes in Texas
would seem irresistibly amusing to Mr..
George Frisbie Hoar If he had any
sense of humor. ~ Y. Post.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-04-09
Treatment of Cauliflowers.

Many who attempt to raise this dell
cious vegetable fail to get it in its best
condition. We observe that some who
raise it do not tie up the leaves over the
heads so us to cause the latter to blanch
white. The whittier, the better to sell.
We have seen this vegetable put on ex-
hibition looking more like broccoli
than caulitlower in color. We fear that
but comparatively few people raise or
use this vegetable, either because they
do not know what il is, or fear that they
could not get good seed, or raise the
same If they had the seed. Many u one
has never tasted this vegetable who
might just rs well raise IL rs to raise
cabbage. 1t requires similar soil and
culture. When well grown, the heads
usually command u good price. .-Coa-
gregationalist.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-04-09
Want Relief from BIaineism.

Mr.. Wharton Barker, one of Mr..
Blaine's staunchest supporters in Penn
sylvania, says in the american, discuss
ing the Presidency in 1888: "We say,
and we know that we are speaking for
many Republicans when we say that
it would be Il most desperate experi-
ment, in view of the consequences of
failure, to renominate Mr.. Blaine.
He has had his candidacy. He was
loyalty supported by every element
that will have the right or the oppor-
tunity to consider the second proposal
of his name. That he failed is not
their fault but his misfortune. He can
not justly ask them to enter with him
again on so perilous venture" He
intimates, also, that Mr.. Blaine, like Mr..
Clay in 1874, reached the height of his
strength in 1884. and he asks
els it possible to increase or
even maintain the enthusiasm of
his admirers of two years age?
Is it possible to bring him any new ele-
ments of supportP Is there any quar-
ter in which he is more popular now
than in 1884? Is the confidence which
he inspires in other public men and
party leaders greater? All these ques-
tions he answers in the negative. OF
Mr. Bakers suggestion of Sherman
and Harrison as substitutes for Blaine,
we will now say nothing, except this,
that if Mr.. Blaine's supporters mean
to withdraw him from the field next
year, they must do it thoroughly, and
without reservation or subterfuge-
that is, they must not only relieve the
party of Blaine, but of Blaincism. They
must not put up somebody who has u
secret agreement with Blaine to work
under his orders or influence, or to put
him into the State Department, so rs
to enable him to begin over again the
old pyrotechnics of 1881. For it must
not be forgotten that Blaine's perform
ances as Secretary of State disgusted
and alarmed nearly rs many Republi-
cans rs his financial trickery and false
hood N YsPost
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-04-09
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

An agricultural paper tells how to
make a hot-bed. The old-fashioned
way was to use a warming pan.-
journal of Education.
The young man who sang How
Can l Leave TheeP' left her very sud-
denly when the bulldog came tearing
round the house.
A correspondent asks: as it wrong
to cheat Il lawyer?" First cheat the
lawyer, and then we will answer the
conundrum. Telegraph.
--"Just published for amateur bands
the Golden Crown Band Book" is an
advertisement. And yet some old
maxim maker foolishlysaid that silence
was golden.
New servant-I was twoyears in
me last place, num-" Mistress-"O that
speaks well for you. Where was it?"
New servant--"In the reformatory,
mum. ."--Puck.
-Peronclla Maguffer writes to in
quire, What is fugitive verse?"
Fugitive verse, nowadays, Peronella, is
that which makes the author II fugitive
from avenging editors.
-"John," said the honest grocer to
the new apprentice, "you needn't mind
covering up those sugar barrels while
sweeping the store. A little dust
doesn't hurt sugar and adds to its
weight. ."-Phiiatleiphia Herald.
"A man who broods over his troubles
is like a hen on nestful of back num-
bered eggs. There's only one chance
in q hundred that he will ever hatch
any thing, but he keeps busy at it just
the same.-Merchant Traveier.
The Ups and Downs
In life we meet with Joy and woe,
Where'er on earth we go,
A mixture OF the good and bad
Fate wills 1t should be so.
Just in the flush of our success
Reverses kill our Joy,
But few OF us have the ups and downs
or the elevator boy.
AT the Club-"Upon my soul, Dob
son, you are the dismalest company I
know of since that Brown girl gave you
your congo. Inever saw a fellow take
the mitten so wretchedly." "Wretch-
edly! Haw! Wetched isn't name
faw it, You can, aw, fawncey how
wetched l am when 1 tell you 1, aw,
don't cayaw wap how my, aw,
bweeches fit me. ."-Town Topics.
Omaha Boy-"Say, sis. you know
Mr.. Nicefellow begged your pardon for
steppin on your dress an tearin' big
hole in it?' Omaha Miss-"Well, what
of it?'. "An' you said it didn't matter
q Bit, an you was glad of it?" "Yes."
"Cause you liked to sew, an you didn't
know what you'd do with yourself il
you hadn'tany thing to mcndP" "Well,
what of it, l sayp' lit wasn't Mr..
Nicefellow that stepped on your dress.
1t was me-" o, you horrid, awkward
little wretch! I'll skin you aliye."-.
Omaha WOrlI
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-04-09
THE OHIO MAN.
A "Reminiscences Tending to Show That
He and His Work Arc Still Rcmem-
bered I'm tho South.

A "Reminiscences Tending to Show That
He and His Work Arc still Rcmem-
bered In tho South.
Our Washington correspondent has
presented some of the details concern
ing Senator John Sherman's proposed
Southern tour This tour is undertaken
at time when the Ohio politician be-
lieves that he can mingle business with
pleasure. He will 60 to Florida, thence
to Cuba, and on his return attempt to
tickle the ribs of the Solid South.
John Sherman is very cool hand,
and very cunning one, and, since the
war, he has had one of his glittering
eyes continually fixed on the South. 1t
will be remembered that John was con-
| spicuous among the visiting states
men," appointed by President Grant to
visit the South when the three return
ing boards were expected to do the bid
ding of Zachariah Chandler. Honest
John went to Louisiana, and there he
made the acquaintance of Madison
Wells and the other returning board
thieves, and of Anderson and Liza
Pinkston.
The cstimable Senator cut a pretty
wide swath in the sunny South. He
and his colleagues made the cham
pagne and the broth fly. They de-
stroycd free lunches and facts without
compunction. The details of this
great scandal arc still fresh in the
minds of newspaper readers. The
stay of the "visiting statesmen in
the South was continued orgie of
political crime and corruption, and the
result was that Hayes, who was de-
feated by the votes of the people, was
seated in the Presidents chair by
means of the corrupt machinery set in
motion by John Sherman and his CO.
partners. We have no feeling about
this great crime, but we should be glad
| to see Mr.. Sherman become the Presi-
dental candidate of the Republican
party; we should be glad to see him
placed in position where the honest
voters of the country could get a
whack at him.
Still keeping his eye fixed on the
solid South, John Sherman's next eff
fort, after the Hayes fraud, was to Sc
cure the Southern delegates to the Re-
publican National convention which
nominated Garfield. He had his agents
in every Southern State, but we can
not speak for these. We know that in
Georgia his preventative was con-
fessedly guilty of some very dirty
work. But it was all to no purpose.
The negroes knew nothing of him and
they would have nothing to do with
him,
Since that day Mr.. Sherman has
been growing more and more genial,
with the solid South still in his eye.
For some weeks now he has appeared
to be in melting mood. He has re-
Gently had himself interviewed at some
length in Cincinnati paper, an d it is
said he proposes to use his chin in the
South to some extent Consti-
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